He’s been the subject of one of the most high-profile transfer chases this week and Liverpool hope to tie up a deadline-day deal for the winger, but Yevhen Konoplyanka has been written off as a headless chicken who will flop in England.

Liverpool are thought to be close to finalising a deal for Dnipro’s Ukraine wideman Konoplyanka after a £16million deal was agreed.

However, Ukraine legend and former Arsenal defender Oleg Luzhny says he is totally unsuited to the Premier League.

‘Konoplyanka’s style of play is better suited to Italy or Spain. The game in England is totally different – it’s about power. You have to run back and forth, back and forth. You run at speed, up and down, and it’s like that for 90 minutes.

‘I saw how he played in the [World Cup play-off] second leg against France, when Ukraine lost 3-0, and he was like a headless chicken.